Opinion-and-ideas
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Mary Jordan
‘I want to show the audience my life’: Melania Trump’s biographer gives her verdict on the biopic
Mon 2 Feb 2026
Aisling Flaherty
‘I saw the Melania film four times on opening day. Did anyone else?’
Mon 2 Feb 2026
The Observer view
The Lords are defying democracy
Sun 1 Feb 2026
Siri Hustvedt
In my home state of Minnesota, neighbours are standing strong against ICE
Sun 1 Feb 2026
Marie Le Conte
The Melania film? As insightful as ‘train go choo-choo’
Sat 31 Jan 2026
Xavier Greenwood
An Englishman in New York learns to avoid the yellow ice
Sat 31 Jan 2026
David Sedaris
The Crossing Guard
Sat 31 Jan 2026
Martha Gill
It’s tragic that some women can’t conceive, but surrogacy is too risky an answer
Wed 28 Jan 2026
Heidi Thomas
Measles is back. We need herd immunity, not herd instinct
Tue 27 Jan 2026
Philippe Petit
Scaling skyscrapers is a celebration of life
Sun 25 Jan 2026
Megan Nolan
Thank goodness for the Beckhams’ Freudian melodrama
Sun 25 Jan 2026
The Observer Leader
Business leaders must speak up on Donald Trump
Sun 25 Jan 2026
Matthew Bishop
Who’s the daddy? A Davos diary
Thu 22 Jan 2026
Andrew Rawnsley
Starmer dodges a bullet, but the worst may be yet to come
Wed 21 Jan 2026
Anonymous
I’m estranged from my parents – I know how Brooklyn Beckham feels
Tue 20 Jan 2026
Giles Whittell
Fake news: the Greenland emergency is an elaborate confection
Mon 19 Jan 2026
The Observer view
Iran’s theocracy could have chosen humanity, but it chose murder
Sun 18 Jan 2026
Vanessa Thorpe
Lost in translation at the Jaipur literature festival
Sun 18 Jan 2026
Will Hutton
Reeves v the OBR: what really happened
Sat 17 Jan 2026
